when all of a sudden...

a great light did appear

a well known form of travel was near

it's lights 

were bright and twinkly

and a sight quite old 

and wrinkly

did rush past me

 in a flash

he had a beard

 a red hat

 and a bag full of stash

he had his list too

and he was checking it twice 

(and the fact that he does this  every year

 is always so nice)

he ho ho'd 

and he smiled

 and the kids 

well some 

went wild

others whimpered behind their mums

the smallest of all sucked their thumbs

then 

in a flash

(or lack thereof)

in one great zoom

he was gone

he went poof

Santa left the room

**************************

and all we have

 is this proof.....

the annual running of the jolly old man in a red suit

(PS the reindeer don't do the list checking run

they stay home in the warmth of the stables)

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just clouds...

went out to get the mail and a breath of fresh air

and looked up for a second

...

went back to get

"blanca"

and shoot the  heavens...

nothing like a sky full of 

blue and white

.....

1010

 

on days such as these

when men show just how evil and wicked they can be

 innocent souls are taken

 

anywhere in the world

 

and children are left without mothers

 mothers without children

we have to keep our eyes on the light

at the end of a very, very dark tunnel

 

and now to make things  worse and even more scary

a certain someone decides to make a bid for

"most powerful position on the planet"

 

we think its bad now

just wait....

may the powers that be

 above those on this earth

intervene

 and

stop the madness that will come

should that event happen

which is very likely

 coz those are the ones who steer todays events

 

 (my blog my opinion)

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so while I've been gone

and no I still haven't picked up a hook

I've had to find other things to do

and one of them has been

colouring

with crayons

A

 "flicker friend"

 

 found a site with lots of free downloads

...

so I did

......

I took the photo a few days ago of what I had done up 'til then

little Russian dolls made of paper
(scroll down  the page a little to find them_

I decided to print the uncoloured ones

(she has them already coloured, which is what Dutzie had chosen)

 

if you've been around here for any  length of time

you know I have "one of everything"

to satisfy my never ending need to

"do stuff"

at the drop of a hat

so crayons were dusted off

sharpened and

used

so

yesterday

which turned out to be such a beautiful one weather wise

and errand day

when we stopped in Staples to get ink for the printer

(coz I OBVIOUSLY used all we had!!!!!!)

I got some new crayons

so the world isn't such a dark and scary place

we can colour a rainbow to shelter us from

those who would take all the colours out

 

 

 

have a wonderful rest of the day

and take time to notice the colours

all of them

 

 

:-)

it's December again...

so I changed the header photo

coz that's about all I have these days

guess the blog is on another hiatus

but I'll see you around in the other places

Facebook

instagram

pinterest

the photos are from three years ago

which was the last time I decorated

no one around here believes in Christmas  anymore

so why bother

winter solstice is the main topic at this time of the year

and I'm not sure what the decorations for that are

bright shiny stars and twigs???

:) :) :) :) :)

anyhoos,

lots of folks still coming in to get the patterns up at the top of the page

500 and more some days

so I guess I'll leave this open for them

see you around

in that big

WWW

:)

x

and now....

 

 

 

 

turkey day is over

in one mad nosh

it's gone

the plates are clean and put away

leftovers wait another day

so onward mighty warriors

out into the fray we go

nourished by the feast we've had

onward

forward

go

.....

 

let the games begin!!!!

 

thanksgiving...

they are thankful

they aren't turkeys

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :):) :) :) :) 

for those of you in the US

hope your day is a good one

and all those "sides" worked well

ours is a simple one so no stress here

and

 all I look forward to 

is that first" leftovers sandwich"... 

with chips!!!!!

........................  Enjoy!  .....................

To the rest who don't indulge

give thanks for the small things

.....

like no extra washing up !!!!!

:)  gobble gobble everyone  (:

gold and crimson lights...

I love

this tree

and this one

comes a very close second

11-11

 

 

remember....

 

 

on the eleventh day

of the eleventh month

at the eleventh hour

 



tweet

the weather continues it's crazy journey into the next season

it's definitely Autumn

but not everywhere

 all the time

yesterday it got very sunny and then in an instant

it got darker and darker

and the black clouds rolled in

the wind picked up and

it rained

and then just as quickly it all rolled out

and

behind it came

the birds

a huge

big

large

many numbered

flock 

of black birds

probably 

grackles

flew in

I had opened a couple of windows so I heard the noise first

 I grabbed Blanch

 (my camera)

and went out into the wet and windy

and in they came

i did take a video but they were so scattered and high up it was hard to make sense of what was going on

so I think the photos as lousy as they are

are better

and I made a yummy fruit cake too

apple carrot walnut golden raisin

glazed bread cake

and it was good

still is

but it won't be for long

found it on

 facebook

but it's on her site

I think I found a new favourite cake to make when I want cake 

but not sweet and covered in three inches of icing

I added the raisins as I am a raisin lover

I recommend it highly!!!

the cake not the raisins

I'm still not hooking

a little gun shy I think

or should that be hook shy

Oh well

at least I have cake!!!!!

1002

holy crapola batman

its friggin freezing

what happened

it snowed south of us

SOUTH of us

we got high winds and the temperature plummeted 

and the hour change that we had

made it worse

it got dark so fast it felt weird

so I made a big pot of beef barley soup

toasted some bread and sat on the couch soup cup in hand

which was cold the hand not the soup!!!!!

sweater wrapped tight and pouted

which of course did no good at all but it felt good

this morning was colder than yesterday

so this is what I'm wearing today

I don't think I've shown it 

but if I have

well

here it is again!!!  

if you want the pattern I'll have to look for it

and will post it

but it's very easy to copy if you look at it for a while

rows of US double crochet/treble UK

and Solomons knot for two rows

I love it

mostly for the yarn I used

which had been sitting waiting to be used

its just acrylic and it's quite cheap but the colours are just

so me

on a cold and sunny morning

it could all be so much worse

i know

but I don't

do cold

very well

mmmmmm

hot coffee is calling

have a sunny day

stay warm

or cool

 if you're really down south

til the next time